Crosby said police interviewed Williams twice without an attorney present. He said there was possible collusion on the part of mugshot witnesses, who he said were allowed to consult with one another before identifying the suspect. He also said it was too dark at the time of the shooting for a witness to make a positive identification.

When asked if he had any other suspect in mind, Crosby said, “My client admitted to purchasing marijuana from the home. I believe it could have been another suspect that went to the house to purchase marijuana that night.”

“They did it again,” Brady’s mother, Laura Meci, said of the jury’s deadlock. “I can’t believe they did it again.”

Cinthia Yankovich, the mother of a witness for the prosecution, said Jason Brady stepped in between her son and the shooter, taking a bullet that was meant for him.

“He called (Brady) his ‘guardian angel.’ He said he sacrificed his life for him by stepping between him and gunman,” she said.

She said her son moved to Georgia after the shooting. His only return has been for both trials. Still fearful for his safety, she didn’t want his name made public.

“He’s just as traumatized. He has nightmares and panic attacks,” she said.

Meci left the Coast also, shortly after her son’s death. She moved back to Las Vegas.